Dunno that they’ve nixed it JB – just left it to each school to decide for themselves and if Katy goes ahead she’ll be getting total support from 80% of the parents at our kid’s school, The remaining 20% of parents are feral anyway and take no interest in what their kids do at school anyway.

Put them in bloody uniforms. That way they don’t look like scum of the earth, the parents save money because they only need two sets of unforms all year, and everyone knows where the students come from.

“the parents save money because they only need two sets of unforms all year”

Always the arugment for uniforms….always completely wrong. Those kids stay in uniform after school when they hang out with their friends do they? No, of course not. They put on the trendiest garb they have at their disposal as soon as they walk in the door. All uniforms do in this case is create more washing!

& two sets of uniforms? I know my 8yo needs a LOT more than that to get through the year.

Curious anecdote that was revealed to me the other week (I haven’t checked its validity): Low-rider or hipster jeans have the effect on guys of pinching certain nerve clusters that lead into the groin region, resulting in erectile disfunction.

Mr Shab – I just remember hating being told what to wear and I was never one of those fashion concious kids either- just destested having that choice of what to wear taken away from me… I still hate being told what to do what to wear how to act – so I can be a bit of a handful to employ at times but I counter that with the brilliance……

ghughes I’m not exactly sure what schools your seeing but I just spent my last two weeks on Prac in a Primary school and I didnt see one of those things.

Children can still be individuals, even though they are dressed the same. Being an individual goes more than the way they dress, its their personalities and attitudes which really decided stuff like that.

Uniforms are a good thing because the children who come from the poorer families arn’t made to feel inadequate because of the way they dress. I remember some of the people I went to school with, who couldnt afford brand names, turned to smoking and drinking because they were constantly made to feel on the ‘outside’ because they didnt have the latest $150 jeans or the $200 shoes. I’m not saying this is the case for all kids, I’m sure alot of children handle it fine. This is just what I have seen in my experience.

GnT, I asked about it from the school clothing shop and the main disributor of school clothing in the ACT. The material is cheaper and seeing as most Non-Govt schools have identical dresses, there is plenty of material to go around.

The dresses at my school are over $65 each. Hand made, they are $35-$40.

Personally, I’d rather save $25.

Teachers don’t wear “uniforms” but they can and do wear shirts/jumpers/jackets with the school logo on it – which they pay for themselves. It’s been happening for years.

I buy stuff for my own work all the time, in fact some of the items could be considered ‘uniform’. Teachers are not unique and special snowflakes. Everyone else has been doing it for years as well.

Its not twisting your words when I only repeat what you say. You keep trotting out the same line about people ‘twisting’ your words when you are cornered in a discussion. People are getting sick and tired of you pointing out what they consider ‘de riguer’ as something special, like family responsibilities, unpaid overtime and having to pay for some of the stuff you use at work.

Maybe your calling as an accident investigator could be a change of focus.